After six page-boys had blown on shining trumpets to make the people stop talking, the Doctor came out on to the steps and the Mayor spoke.
Adagio:·-B-Jim Broadbent :· The silver trumpets rang across the Dome: ,: The people knelt upon the ground with awe: : And borne upon the necks of men I saw, ,, Like some great God, the Holy Lord of Rome.
When they came to a steep place where there seemed to be no way to go farther the trumpets sounded "Charge!
Hummingbirds are shy, but if I remain perfectly still, it is usually so intent on the nectar inside those deep blue trumpets that I can admire it out of the corner of my eye as it backs out of one flower and moves on to another.
" So the Sultan gave orders that the habits of mourning worn by the people should be thrown off and that there should be a concert of drums, trumpets and cymbals.
The Sultan sent musicians with trumpets and cymbals to meet them, so that the air resounded with music and cheers.
We reached the palace without anyone having noticed our absence, when, shortly after, a clashing of drums, and cymbals, and the blare of trumpets burst upon our astonished ears.
Aeschylus (525 BC - 456 BC), The Libation Bearers No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made.
So the man went, and when he came to the palace, the castle had become much larger, and had a great tower and magnificent ornaments, and the sentinel was standing before the door, and there were numbers of soldiers with kettle-drums and trumpets.
Then the lights in the hall were lighted again, drums and trumpets were brought, friends and relations were invited to come, and the real wedding was solemnized with great rejoicing.
" On the opposite side of the lake stood a splendid, brightly-lit castle, from whence resounded the joyous music of trumpets and kettle-drums.
We shall have a grand concert, with jew's-harps, kettledrums, and trumpets, piccolo-flute, and a trombone in the wisdom tooth!
lse was there, too, and when the party came to an end, and the hosts had thanked the guests, and the trumpets had blown, she went home with the leavings from the feast.
"Fanfares are blown, hear the drums and trumpets!
Here were music and singing of all descriptions: hand-organs, trumpets, shouting, and noise.
About the same time sounded the clang of the warriors' trumpets across the heath.
They heard the song of the priests, and saw the wild dance of the savage to the sound of the drums and trumpets of bone; the pyramids of Egypt rising to the clouds; columns and sphinxes, overthrown and buried in the sand, followed in their turn; while the northern lights flashed out over the extinguished volcanoes of the north, in fireworks none could imitate.
The church bells were ringing, and from the high towers sounded a flourish of trumpets; and soldiers, with flying colors and glittering bayonets, lined the rocks through which they passed.
The dog ran down again, and up again; and this he continued until both trumpets stopped blowing, and the meals were over in both castles.
